Freeborn County Commissioners again denied Roger Bok’s request to speak before the county board Tuesday.

Bok has been barred from speaking since his conduct was deemed out of order in a previous meeting, when Chairman Mark Behrends said he violated the board’s procedural rule.

Bok would be reinstated only if the majority of the board agrees by voting, according to the rule. Commissioner Dan Belshan moved to disbar the sanction but no board members supported his motion.

After the board’s denial Tuesday, Bok moved up to the commissioners’ table and sat down in County Attorney Craig Nelson’s spot, placing a handmade nameplate in front of him. After Behrends warned him, he went back to his seat in the audience.

Other business from the meeting:

&045; The board approved an agreement with Trinity Lutheran Church to temporarily use the church’s parking lot for prospective jurors and county employees.

The church will make part of its parking lot available during the day on weekdays for the county’s use until Oct. 4, 2004. The county will stripe and mark the parking spaces.

&045; Experts from the Association of Minnesota Counties responded to the county’s inquiry about legal ramifications of selling the doomed 1954 courthouse building. The report affirmed research by County Attorney Craig Nelson, concluding that a public designation attached to the land hinders private use.

At least one local resident had asked the board to consider selling the building instead of demolishing it as part of the county’s upcoming courthouse project.

&045; Administrator Ron Gabrielsen reported the legal fees for a lawsuit by the Freeborn County Committee for Fairness cost the county $12,000. The Minnesota Counties Insurance Trust will cover $10,000 of that amount.